List of bloodless wars

A bloodless war is generally a small conflict, crisis, or dispute between rival groups that is resolved without human death or injury, although the threat of violence usually seems very likely at the time. Intentional property damage, however, may still occur. Typically, these events are recorded in history as wars even though the term "war" generally implies violence. Therefore, the term "bloodless war" is somewhat of an oxymoron. Nevertheless, there have been many conflicts throughout history labeled as such.

Bloodless wars

The following is a list of bloodless wars:

Incorrectly categorized wars

The following wars are often labelled incorrectly as bloodless wars:

• Cold War: unknown number of killed
• Cod Wars: one man killed, one man wounded
• Toledo War: one man wounded
• Battle of Athens (1946): several wounded
• Conquest of New Netherland: three killed
• Invasion of the Gambia: initial invasion was bloodless, first casualties were reported during the occupation and stabilization period^[3][4]

See also

• Non-violent revolution
• Frozen conflict
• Cod Wars

References

Notes

1. "The Spanish town that was two centuries at war with Denmark".
2. "Whisky Wars: Denmark and Canada strike deal to end 50-year row over Arctic island". www.bbc.com. 14 June 2022. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
3. "Gambia soldiers, regional forces clash outside Jammeh home". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2017-04-21.
4. "Protest against ECOWAS forces in Jammeh's village claims one life". Africa News. 4 June 2017. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14.

Sources

• Gray, Ezio Maria (1917). The Bloodless War. Hodder and Stoughton. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
• Mandel, Robert (2004). Security, Strategy, and the Quest for Bloodless War. Lynne Rienner Publishers. ISBN 9781588262691. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
• Powers, Thomas (2004). Intelligence Wars: American Secret History from Hitler to Al-Qaeda. New York Review of Books. p. Chapter 8. ISBN 9781590170984. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
• Krauthammer, Charles (1999). "The Short, Unhappy Life of Humanitarian War". The National Interest (57): 5–8. JSTOR 42897194.